The FBI thinks you are fucking stupid. Iran has zero capability to cross the Pacific and sea-launch a drone attack on California. This is too fucking dumb for me to comment on further.
Ooooo! I needs must see if my library carries that beauty!
NEW: for @nytimes.com, I wrote about a new study showing that queen bumblebees can breathe underwater, surviving submerged for a week
the “remarkable” study stems from a lab snafu, when a co-author thought she accidentally drowned several bees—but later found that they were alive 🧪
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Three panel comic. Panel 1: a giant squid wearing a yellow Bart t-shirt and some terrible hypebeast shorts is looking in the mirror. It says, “need groceries… but all my clothes are in the laundry.” Panel 2: the squid, now also wearing hot pink crocs, exits its apartment and says, “eh. I won’t see anyone.” Panel 3: two fisherman are pulling the squid to the surface of the water and pointing at it. An overlayed news caption reads: RARE SQUID SIGHTED - the fit was crazy
They should still get sued into the fucking ground, you shouldn’t get to “whoops sorry” your way out of this
Hey worth dropping in a comment here—these policies can be used to censor games, comics, e-books and more.
80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"
The 3 genders
Scientists/science writers I found in Grammarly's 'expert review' system: David Spiegelhalter, Ivan Oransky, Mary Roach, Rebecca Skloot, Ed Yong, Melinda Wenner Moyer, Deborah Blum, Tom Knight, Michael E Mann, Corinne Le Quere. [pic: results of 5 trials w/ free burner acct]. No doubt many more.
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 62, “Mermay - Golden Hour" by Maxine Vee: In a forest of brown, orange, and golden leaves, a mermaid with orange/gold hair sits on a rock in a small light blue pond. She stares at her open palms, illuminated by a beam of sunlight. Purple flowers in shade lie scattered on the ground in the foreground. The quote reads: "The message hung in the air, glimmering in her Heads Up Display overlaid across the moss garden she was tending. The chill that swept over Euryale made the hair on her arms stand on end and her gut churn. Her cousin wanted to visit."
Reading for the Hugo Awards?
Try the short story "With Her Serpent Locks" by Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com!
It placed 3rd in the Uncanny Poll!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/gbhHmFz
At this point if you're engaging in doomerism, especially on trans shit, & telling people "it's over, the fight for our rights is over, prepare to survive, all is lost," I'm just gonna assume you're fedposting and mute you.
It is NOT all only backwards. OR HB 4088 passed this week for one.
Today in Anatomy Facts that have absolutely made my life better:
Vesalius, the most (?) famous anatomist of all time, made a set of paper dolls.
Anatomy paper dolls. library.si.edu/image-galler...
TODAY IN MY BUSY LIFE AS A BUSINESS CAT:
I SUPERVISED MY HUMAN WHILE THEY WORKED
THEN I JOINED A MEETING. I MADE SURE TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE CAMERA AND SIT VERY STRAIGHT IN MY HUMAN’S LAP
THEN IT WAS LUNCH…BUT MY HUMAN DIDN’T SHARE
THIS WILL BE NOTED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE REVIEW
For just a few days, could everything just not
STOP. GIVING. ROGAN. AIRTIME!
Brown striped tabby cat holding my (human) hand with his paws.
Daniel Jason Mendoza Striped Tiger likes to hold hands.
A pudgy creature with a squid body for a head
Squip
(A concept I'll return to one day, I just wanted to get them down.)
The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣
My superhero catch phrase would probably be something like “STAND CLEAR OF ME” or “PLEASE GO OVER THERE”
I can't believe LinkedIn has added games. Stop trying to make LinkedIn happen. It's not a cool place to hang out.
B-b-bingo!
Erika Moen draws in a cartoony, bouncy style with simple lines and no backgrounds. She uses a color palette of dusty yellows, pale oranges, red-pink, teal, yellow, black, and white. Two women in their late 20s-mid 30s are talking excitedly with each other. "Alright, so Saturday at 6?" Janet asks Bea, looking excited. She has short, scruffy red-pink hair with longer bangs that are swept to the side and held in place with a small barrette. She has a dusty peach-orange skin tone, a trim build, and wears a black t-shirt with an unbuttoned plaid long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows. Her muted orange pants cuffs are rolled up just above her black sneakers. A wallet chain hangs from her right pocket. "Yup, it's a date!" Bea replies coyly, giving Janet a flirty eye. "I can't wait!" Her hair is braided into tight cornrows, her skin tone is also the same dusty peach-orange as Janet's, and she has a huskier, strong build. She wears a dark red-pink T-shirt over a second white T-shirt, along with her muted orange jeans. In a euphoric daze, Janet walks away. Her eyes are swirls and her mouth is curled into a big, goofy grin while little hearts emanate around her head. "Ohmigod, was that your crush?" Asks Erika as she rushes to meet up with Janet. Erika is a curvy 40-something white woman with a muffin top and tattoos on her arms. She has a poof of bangs while the rest of her head is shorn. She wears a black tank top, red-pink cuffed jean shorts, and her red-pink socks rise up higher than her black boots. Still in a daze with her eyes swirling, Janet replies, "She... she asked me out." "Yeah, man!" Erika cheers, giving the thumbs up. "Congrats! Haha, about time one of you actually made a move." Full transcript on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/sti-disclosure-erika-moen
Full-on panicking, Janet asks, "What if she wants to kiss? What if she wants to do more? I CAN'T. I need to cancel now before she finds out and runs screaming for the hills." "Finds out what?" Asks Erika. "...Finds out I have a-" Janet begins to say, before she is interrupted by an enormous teal blob that lands on her back, forcing her to double over. Yellow and teal germ-like scribbles float around and in it, along with the words, "Sexually Transmitted Infection", which are written to look like they're infected and melting. Back in reality without the STI blob, Erika casually asks, "Oh, an STI? Is that all?" "Uh, yes?" Asks Janet, confused and a little offended. "That's a HUGE deal!" Now melodramatically holding the back of her hand to her forehead, she uses her other hand to wipe away her tears as she confesses, "I'm afraid nobody will every want to be with me when they find out. I should just stop dating now!" "Hey, I know it can feel isolating to have an STI," Erika says reassuringly. "but you definitely don't have to become a hermit because of it. You're hardly alone!"
Narration: Did you know that roughly 1 out of 5 people in the USA have an STI?* *As of 2018. CDC, "Sexually Transmitted Infections Prevalence, Incidence, and Cost Estimates in the United States" Five generic people silhouettes are lined up. The center one is colored teal, while the remaining four are orange. "That's about 68 million people! And not all of them even know it." Erika chirps. In her angst, Janet is transported to a dark room where she is illuminated by a teal spotlight. Her posture is full of shame as she retorts, "Augh, Erika, you don't get it! You've never had to tell someone that you have... you have..." Back in in the well-lit present, Erika interrupts, "...Dude, I've told potential partners that I have herpes." "You have herpes?!" Janet exclaims, aghast. "Have we seriously never talked about this?" Asks Erika, with an expression of disbelief. "You TOLD people you have herpes..." Asks Janet, looking completely unnerved and shocked. "...and they STILL wanted to do stuff with you?" "Yeah!" Erika replies cheerfully. "Well, I mean, one person did turn me down when I disclosed. But in general, you just take extra precautions together, is all!" Spinning out, Janet asks, "How do you even tell somebody? What do you say??? When do you tell?" A banner unfurls stating, "Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy .com"
Do you need to disclose your STI and you just don't even know where to start? @erikamoen.bsky.social shares her own approach to this stigmatized subject!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/sti-disclosu...
Charlie looks totally bored. The ball looks largely spherical.
Hello, Bluesky. Here is a very important picture of Charlie, and her ball. Thank you for your attention on this critical matter.
photo of a sheepadoodle dog mid turn and running toward the camera. she is wearing a red tee shirt.
What...a goofball!
Dogs have all got Spring Fever - bad!
(tee b/c she got topical tick treatment, the one that does NOT cause seizures - b/c I pulled a tick off her head this morning...they have the fever too I guess)
#DogsOfBluesky #becurious
Republicans: Help! Help! The insane, violent, wasteful and illegal shit we always force on the country has YET FUCKIN AGAIN hurt voters and now they're really mad at us. And it's an election year!
Democrats: We gotchu fam.
Amazing to see the change that can be possible to reduce longstanding racial health disparities. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Story by @aniloza.bsky.social Comments from @thenephrologist.bsky.social whttps://www.statnews.com/2026/03/10/kidney-transplants-black-americans-race-based-test-discarded/ via @statnews.com
If you are an author or editor at *ANY* level -- from beginner to jaded old veteran like me, click through to the article Todd's posting about, take 2 minutes, and email them to let them know you opt out. Will save us all time having to mount yet a 577th class-action suit down the road.
I don’t think people living outside the US realize how a lack of universal healthcare BREAKS people. There are people in catastrophic accidents who wake up in an ambulance and wish they were dead because they have no way to pay for their treatment.
